Object Details
- Description
- This Remington No. 1 portable typewriter was manufactured by the Remington Typewriter Company in 1923. The Remington portable was first introduced in 1920, this machine bears the serial number NP-35788, dating it to January of 1923 and it was machine number 5,788 made in January of 1923. The Remington Portable had a gear-locking typebar mechanism, a red and black typewriter ribbon, and a four-row QWERTY keyboard.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1920 - 1929
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Tobia Frankel
- Measurements
- overall, case: 4 in x 11 in x 12 in; 10.16 cm x 27.94 cm x 30.48 cm
- Object Name
- typewriter
- Other Terms
- typewriter; Portable; Manual
